Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-06
A NUT TO CRACK

Submitted by New Haven Mason to
 The Grand Master-The Hiram Lodge
 Controversy.
 Grand Master Green, in his article in the Morning News of June relative to the trou- bic between Hiram lodge and the Grand lodge, says
 ''Hirams members have been misinformed about the matter and it is my Judgment m that the men en further a scheme of their own"
 Grand Master Green, not satisfied with that slur, attempts to drag into controversy other organizations which are foreign to the oues- ton. He says
 organizations protesting to confer Masonic degrees at a very much lower rate than regular Mas Masonlc ognized by Masons, but have lived in hopes of some sort of recognition, sooner or later"
 MT. Green also asserts that the Headers of Hiram belong to this body either one or both, and that their object is to bring about recognition of the spurious bodies for their own personal exaltation in Masonry" Now, if Grand Master Green can find no better ar gument to sustain his position which he has taken against Old Hiram than to drag into this controversy organizations which the Grand lodge never had nor ever can have jurisdiction over, he had better say nothing. Does he mean to have the Masonic world think that it was one of the causes which led to the edict which he caused to be published expelling the officers of Old Hiram because they belonged to these Masonic bodies which he called spurious? Hold on, Grand Master Green, don't go too fast; you are wield- ing two-edged sword; it cuts both ways. Do you know your right-hand men, belong ing to and members of the Grand lodge, be- long to those Masonic bodies which yon are pleased to call Spurious" and who are working, as you say, Ito obtain Masonic rec ognition and for their own personal advan- tage and exultation in Masonry" Why do you not bring down the axe and decapitate them, if, you intimate, the Spurious Masonic bodies" are at the bottom of all this trouble?
 Grand Master Green asserts that there are spurious Masonic bodies in New Haven. It is easy to guess which bodies he is driving at, and if he will be so kind as to give us his proof of the fact he will greatly oblige, and until he does his assertion amounts to noth- ing ,, c
 bers of these organizations that are at the bottom of this trouble he is grandly mis- taken. It is Old Hiram in mass, one and inseparable. All other isms and schisms sink into insignifcance. We are resolved to stand or fall by our time honored record. When the Grand lodge expelled our worthy
  due cause or trial it operated upon Hiram lodge like the firing upon Fort Sumpter; 1t united every true brother, and they resolved to stand by our brothers, trusting in the justice of our cause and eventually proving to the Masonic fraternity that we are right. Grand Master Green also says: 'l have tried very hard to get an opportunity to make known the true state of the case as know it to be-" He says he was in New Haven two days and tried to get an oppor- tunity to talk to the lodges, but he could | not, was refused admission, etc. Now that sounds very nice to person who | is not posted and who is not conversant with | the facts. Anyone would say that the grand
 master was treated very shabbily. Now can | it be that Brother Green intended to have
 the Masonic fraternity believe that Hiram l lodge refused to hear hima He certainly con- | veys that meaning.
 l Why did he not say that he issued notices
 to all Hiram's members to meet him at the | lodge room on certain date, and not give 1 the public to understand that for two days l he had labored hard to get the ear of Hiram
 lodge? In order that the grand master may have his memory refreshed and to avoid a | like mistake in the future, the following
 notice he can cut out and preserve for future | reference:
 M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F.&AM,l
 onicers of the Grand lodge: You are hereby | summoned to attend communication of Hiram
 lodge Nc to De heid aI the iodge room ln the city 1887, at 7:30 o'clock p. Take due notice and l govern yourself accordingly.
 | To BROTHER -
 | HENRY H. GREEN, | Grand Master. Dated at DAN1ELsoNvILLE, Ct., Feb 15.. 1887. | Hiram lodge responded to the call, over | five hundred met and waited till midnight for you to put in an appearance. Now, sir, why do you say you have tried to have Hiram lodge hear your explanation. 1 But they refused to admit youa Why did you not come into the lodge room after you had